The Lakers, Nets and Mavericks are the other three teams that Fegan can now speak with, Joel Glass, Magic Vice President of Communications told SI.com. Glass said that the permission was going forward, not previously, according to SI.com.

Throughout the night there had been a dispute as to whether Howard's agent had permission to speak with other teams.

Magic CEO Alex Martins disputed Fegan's claim that he had has permission to talk to other teams, according to SI.com. "They did not have permission to talk to him," Martins told SI.com. "We're continuing to gather the information based on the stories, and we'll evaluate whether we're going to take any action once we have all of our information."

In another twist, Magic GM Otis Smith told ESPN the Magazine on Friday night that he did grant permission to Fegan to speak with the Nets about a possible Howard deal.

Fegan told Yahoo! Sports that Howard did not attend a meeting with Nets officials. Fegan did tell ESPN that he and Howard have spoken by phone with the Nets.

Howard, Fegan, King and the Nets have flatly denied that a meeting ever took place.

The Nets are reportedly prepared to send center Brook Lopez and two first-round picks to Orlando, while also absorbing the contract of Magic small forward Hedo Turkoglu.

There isn’t much room for New Jersey to sweeten the offer, though rookie Marshon Brooks and/or the rights to highly regarded second-round pick Bojan Bogdanovic would improve the package for the Magic.

Should the Nets make the move, they would likely have to use the amnesty clause on small forward Travis Outlaw. A source close to Outlaw tells SN that he has not been contacted by the team about possibly being waived through amnesty, however.

The Nets have also been pursuing Nene in case they do not land Howard.